Some members of Congress want to grant businesses total immunity from coronavirus-related civil liability. A legal scholar explains why it’s unnecessary – and may be counterproductive.
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About one in four businesses say they’re two months away from permanent closure, yet many of the neediest businesses are struggling to get some of the aid intended for them.
New research shows much of the information the apparel industry relies on to ensure factories comply with labor and safety laws is falsified or otherwise unreliable.
Are the best co-workers really the ones with four legs and a tail? Science says it depends.
The response to COVID-19 suggests how we can leverage entrepreneurial approaches to climate change.
While there’s no evidence the coronavirus is spread through food or packaging, company executives could be prosecuted if that changes – and they chose to keep a plant open despite a factory outbreak.
Seven of the past 10 business bailouts since 1969 have either broke even, or more frequently, ended up making a tidy profit for taxpayers.
Shortages of face masks may grow worse as state-wide lockdowns end. An economist suggests price controls.
It’s not as easy as you might think to divert food intended for schools and restaurants and send it to grocery stores or even food banks.
Not all Americans can take paid leave, and some workers can’t take any time off at all if they or their loved ones get sick. Those are big problems during pandemics.
A study of 2,000 travelers shows that nearly two-thirds will reduce their travel in the next year.
As more and more Americans are laid off, employers have to consider the cost of letting their staff go.
Policymakers need to figure out ways to sustain the behaviors that are helping flatten the curve as cities begin to end their lockdowns.
Nonprofits and concerned residents are teaming up with the local government to solve a daunting problem in a city with the nation’s highest per-capita rate of homelessnesss.
The coronavirus pandemic is a stressful time for everyone. Here are some ways employers can help their employees through this crisis.
A scholar of how leaders communicate offers five key traits CEOs should use when communicating with their workers about coronavirus.
In the search for a rapid COVID-19 vaccine, researchers are modifying a method using the chemical riboflavin now used to prevent disease transmission during blood transfusions.
For most of the past five decades, income inequality has been higher in rural counties than in urban areas. Now, urban areas are catching up.
One in 5 of the poorest US households don’t have a car and rely on public transportation to get around.
The Small Business Administration is the agency tasked with distributing hundreds of billions of dollars to keep millions of companies alive.
Decriminalizing medical and recreational marijuana may exacerbate racial inequality within the criminal justice system, among other things.
Modern supply chains have become increasingly efficient, but as a result are more susceptible to disruptions like the one caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
While countries like the US and Italy have been among the hardest hit, the pandemic is severely straining the health systems and economies of countries across the world.
Delivery workers and others who ensure most people don’t have to go outside for essential goods are creating what economic theorists call an uncompensated ‘positive externality.’
The response by Chinese donors to this pandemic so far illustrates how the country’s philanthropy is beginning to go global.